Net Neutrality Gets Boost From House Panel

Staff / Truthdig May 26, 2006 The panel recommended a version of the Net neutrality bill that would bar telecom companies from charging premium fees for Web companies that sell video and other content. This is far from a full victory, but it's a step in that direction. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Telecom Companies Masquerading as Concerned Citizens

Staff / Truthdig May 16, 2006 Companies like AT&T and BellSouth are backing an organization claiming to be saving the Internet by keeping it free of "burdensome and unnecessary regulation." But that's nonsense. They're the ones that want to put toll lanes on the Internet. (These are the same companies that reportedly handed over America's phone records to the NSA.) Buzzflash sorts it out. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Robert Scheer: Hayden–the Spook in Your Phone

Robert Scheer / Truthdig May 10, 2006 UPDATE: Michael V. Hayden, nominated by President Bush to head the CIA, is the man responsible for the most extensive attack ever on the privacy of U.S. citizens. While head of the NSA, he oversaw the program that recorded the phone call records of tens of millions of Americans. Want to take action? Check out StopHayden.org (includes video proof that Hayden is smugly incorrect about the privacy foundation of the Fourth Amendment). Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

‘The Pill’ Turns 46 Years Old

Staff / Truthdig May 10, 2006 On May 9, 1960, the FDA approved Enovid, the first birth control pill, for clinical use Many court cases, a sexual revolution and a fundamentalist backlash later, use of and access to contraceptives is still very much a hot-button issue in the US Read a roundup of information and opinion relating to the release of an explosive report last week connecting a spike in unwanted pregnancies among the poor to decreased contraceptive use (h/t: Feministing) REPORT: A Tale of Two Americas for Women: The Contraception-Abortion Connection press release | PDF (Guttmacher Institute) Timeline: The Pill (PBS). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Simpsons’ Trump First Amendment

Staff / Truthdig Mar 1, 2006 OK, OK, we know that it's a waste of breath of get exercised over the ignorance educational quirks of the American populace, but get this: Only one in four people can name more than one First Amendment freedom, while half of people in a poll can name at least two "Simpsons" family members. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Andrew Sullivan on the Cartoon Furor

Staff / Truthdig Feb 8, 2006 Sullivan, whose NY Times Magazine essay on the connection between Islam and 9/11 was perhaps the best ever mainstream treatment on the subject, now takes on the Islamic cartoon controversy | essayAlso, a German journalist talks about his mixed feelings about running the cartoons in his paperwashingtonpostcom/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/06/AR2006020601258html?referrer=emailarticle" title="Op-ed">Op-Ed . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

N.Y. Press Kills Cartoons; Staff Walks Out

Staff / Truthdig Feb 8, 2006 The entire editorial staff of The New York Press, an alternative weekly, quits in the wake of the paper's decision not to run the controversial Muhammad cartoons. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Official Iranian Paper to Run Holocaust Cartoons

Staff / Truthdig Feb 7, 2006 The Tehran city council-owned newspaper says it is testing the West's arguments about freedom of expression. | storyMeanwhile, Four Afghans are killed in cartoon-related protests near the U.S. base in Bagram--the first time violence has been directed against America in the controversy. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iraq the Disaster, Officially Speaking

Molly Ivins / Truthdig Feb 3, 2006 I do hope this is responsible criticism that aims for cures, not defeatism that refuses to acknowledge anything but failure. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Iranian Ex-Leader Slams the West

Staff / Truthdig Jan 11, 2006 The former president lashes out at the int'l community over its stance on Iranian nuclear research. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush Funds Exotic Languages in Schools

Staff / Truthdig Jan 6, 2006 Kindergartners to learn Arabic, Farsi, Chinese. | more Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iran’s Victory in Iraq

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Dec 21, 2005 For the Bush White House, the good news from Iraq just never stops. But the joy that President Bush has expressed over the country's latest election, though more restrained than his infamous "Mission Accomplished" speech, will similarly come back to haunt him. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )